swordsman

English

Alternative forms

swordman

Etymology

From sword +‎ -s- +‎ man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

swordsman (plural swordsmen)

A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.
He is a remarkable swordsman.
A person who fights with a sword.
Archers attempted to take down an unknown swordsman.
(informal) A man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse.
- 2008 December 16, Mark Kirby, “Lordy, Lordy, This Woman is 40”, in GQ, retrieved 21 Dec. 2008:
  Jennifer Aniston is in control . . . and getting what she needs from a notorious swordsman eight years her junior.

Synonyms

(person who wields a sword): swordfighter, swordsperson, swordster
(skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse): womanizer

Hyponyms

(person who wields a sword): swordstress, swordswoman

Translations

a person skilled at using swords

Arabic: سَيَّاف m (sayyāf)
Armenian: սուսերամարտիկ (hy) (suseramartik)
Belarusian: фехтава́льшчык m (fjextaválʹščyk)
Bulgarian: фехто́вчик m (fehtóvčik)
Catalan: espadatxí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劍客 / 剑客 (zh) (jiànkè), 劍士 / 剑士 (zh) (jiànshì)
Czech: šermíř (cs) m
Danish: fægter (da) c
Dutch: zwaardvechter (nl) m, schermer (nl) m
Estonian: vehkleja
Finnish: miekkailija (fi), miekkamies (fi)
French: maître d'armes (fr) m, escrimeur (fr) m, fine lame (fr)
Georgian: მოფარიკავე (mopariḳave)
German: Fechter (de) m
Greek: ξιφομάχος (el) (xifomáchos)
Ancient: ξιφήρης m (xiphḗrēs)
Indonesian: ahli pedang
Italian: spadaccino m
Japanese: 剣客 (ja) (けんかく, kenkaku)
Kazakh: семсерші (semserşı)
Korean: 검객(劍客) (geomgaek), 검술사(劍術師) (geomsulsa)
Latin: gladiator (la)
Latvian: paukotājs m
Lithuanian: fechtuotojas m
Macedonian: мечу́валец m (mečúvalec)
Marathi: तलवारबाज m (talvārbāj)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fekter m
Persian: شمشیرزن (šamširzan), شمشیرباز (fa) (šamširbâz)
Polish: szermierz (pl) m
Portuguese: espadeiro (pt) m
Romanian: scrimer (ro) m
Russian: фехтова́льщик (ru) m (fextoválʹščik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мачѐвалац m

Roman: mačèvalac (sh) m
Slovak: šermiar m
Slovene: sabljač m
Spanish: espadachín (es) m
Swedish: fäktare (sv) c
Tajik: шамшербоз (šamšerboz)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: eskrimci (tr)
Ukrainian: фехтува́льник m (fextuválʹnyk)
Uzbek: qilichboz (uz)

a person who fights with a sword

Arabic: سَيَّاف m (sayyāf)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: ме́чнік m (mjéčnik)
Bulgarian: мечоно́сец m (mečonósec)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劍客 / 剑客 (zh) (jiànkè), 劍士 / 剑士 (zh) (jiànshì)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: zwaardvechter (nl) m
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: miekkailija (fi), miekkamies (fi)
French: épéiste (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Schwertkämpfer (de) m
Greek: ξιφομάχος (el) (xifomáchos)
Ancient: ξιφήρης m (xiphḗrēs)
Japanese: 剣士 (ja) (けんし, kenshi), 剣客 (ja) (けんかく, kenkaku)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: мечу́валец m (mečúvalec), мечо́носец m (mečónosec), ме́чувач m (méčuvač)
Marathi: तलवारबाज m (talvārbāj)
Persian: شمشیرزن (šamširzan)
Polish: szermierz (pl) m
Portuguese: espadachim (pt) m or f
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: ме́чник (ru) m (méčnik)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Slovene: mečevalec m
Swedish: fäktare (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: ме́чник m (méčnyk)

Anagrams

sandworms